Draft-tongue.



R. D. MILLHOUSE.

DRAFT TONGUE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 28. 1911..

mamm, v I Patented July 24,1917.

auoemtoz R-II .M1LLHOUsE' RICHARD D. MILLHOUSE, OF STANFORD, MONTANA.

DRAFT-TONGUE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 2%, 191W.

Application fi1ed February 28, 1917. Serial No. 151,520.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RICHARD D. MILL- HoUsn, a citizen of the United States, re siding at Stanford, in the county of Fergus and State of Montana have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Draft- Tongues, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in draft tongues and it is an object of the invention to provide a device of this general character having novel and improved means whereby a neck yoke may be readily adjusted longitudinally thereof as the requirements of practice may dictate.

It is also an object of the invention to provide a novel and improved draft tongue including an extension and wherein said extension is provided with a hold-back mounted for swinging movement and having yieldable means coacting therewith for normally holding the same in operative position.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved tongue whereby certain important advantages are attained and the device is rendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenientand advantageous for use, all as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

The novel features of the invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.

In order that my invention may be the better understood, I will now proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is a view in elevation of the outer end portion of a draft tongue and illustrating an embodiment of my invention;

Fig. 2 is a view partly in side elevation and partly in section of the device as herein embodied; and

Fig. 3 is a view in top plan of the device as herein included.

As disclosed in the accompanying drawings, T denotes a draft tongue of a conventional type and which has secured thereto the iron 1 provided with the depending hold-back stop 2 which is adapted to have coacting therewith a neck yoke in a conventional manner and which holddoack stop is particularly adapted for use when a twohorse evener is employed in connection with the tongue T.

E denotes an extension substantially U- shaped in form and having the free end portions of its side members overlying the sides of the tongue T at the outer end of said tongue and anchored thereto, as indicated at 3, in any conventional manner. The exten sion E terminates a predetermined distance in advance of the outer end of the tongue T and is in substantially the same horizontal plane.

The side members of the extension E at a point in close proximity to the outer end of the tongue T have engaged therewith the member 4: intersecting the space between said side members and with which is pivotally engaged an end portion of an arm 5. The arm 5 extends forwardly of the extension E and terminates in a depending extension 6 substantially perpendicular to the arm 5 and which serves as a second holdback stop and with which the neck yoke is adapted to be operatively engaged when a four-horse evener or the like is employed in connection with a draft tongue T.

The outer end portion of the arm 5 overlies the stop 7 herein disclosed as a conventional bolt supported by the side arms of the extension E and intersecting the space therebetween. The arm 5 is normally maintained in contact with the stop 7 through the medium of the flat spring member 8 having one end portion anchored, as at 9, to the outer extremity of the tongue T while the opposite Or free end portion of said spring member 8 bears upon the upper face of the arm 5 adjacent its outer end.

It is thought to be self-evident that in the event the neck yoke is employed in conneetion with the hold-back stop as afforded by the extension 6 of the arm 5, it is only necessary to elevate the arm 5 sufliciently to permit the neck yoke to be moved back to the stop 2 and which adjustment is required when a two-horse evener is substituted for a four-horse evener.

As the character of the two-horse evener or the four-horse evener forms no particular part of my present invention and as the use thereof is believed to be self-evident, a detail description or illustration thereof has been omitted.

From the foregoing description, it is thought to be obvious that a draft tongue constructed in accordance with my invention is of an extremely simple and comparatively inexpensive nature and is particularly well adapted for use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may be assembled, and it will also be obvious that my invention is susceptible of some change and modification Without material departure from the principles and spirit thereof and for this reason I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formation of the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention in practice, except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim:

In combination with a Wagon tongue provided with a hold-back stop, a substantially U-shaped extension secured to the outer extremity of the tongue, a supplemental holdback stop pivotally supported by the extension, a member carried by the extension for limiting the movement of the'supplemental hold-back stop in one direction, and a spring member coacting with the supple mental hold-back stop for normally holding Elie same in contact with the limiting mem In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

RICHARD D. MILLI-IOUSE.

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